GCA #112 - Thankful Thoughts!

Hello all!!!  Late posting today since I spent the afternoon stamping with my club girls.  They are so much fun.

As I was thinking about this week's challenge, I kept coming back to Thanksgiving being only 1 1/2 weeks away!  And last Thursday was Veterans Day.  Of course both of these holidays are US ones, but I know other countries have days similar to these. 

I am very thankful for my family, my job, my friends, my ability to stamp and so much more.  Most of all I am thankful that I have a loving God to watch over me.

So, the challenge for this week is create something with a theme of Thanks, Thankfulness or Gratitude.  Those are just a few I can think of.  However you want to express your thankfulness works!

This is the scrapbook page we created at club today.   It is 12 x 12 and the base is More Mustard textured.  We also used the Autumn Spice dsp from the Holiday mini.  To make the leaves I used the cork sheets and wood sheets and Leaves #2 die.  The stamp set used is Define Your Life.

I will add pictures, once I find the ones I want!  Most likely of my grandbabies as I am very thankful for them.

Upload your creation to either your blog or to an online gallery and post a link to your creation to this blog entry by November 20, 2010 at 12 midnight. I will choose the winner the next day. If you upload your card to SCS, PaperCraft Planet, Stampin' Addicts, Stampin' Connection (for SU! demos) or Stamp TV, please put GCA112 in your keywords. That way everyone can see all of the wonderful creations at once!

Even if you can't make the drawing deadline, PLEASE feel free to participate in the challenges and upload your creations at any time. I would love to see it! And yes, my challenge is open to everyone who visits, even if you live outside the US!

Happy Stamping!!!!


~~~Ann~~~~

Watercolored Thank You - DIC112

Hello all!!!  It's Thursday and time for another UDI Inspiration challenge.  This week Maria has a picture of crayons, in the bold/primary colors, perfect for school!  Well, that's where I thought I was going with this card!!  About the only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to have a white card base!  Sometimes I love how a card takes on it's own life and others I don't.  This card I do.

The card base is Whisper White and folded at the top.  I used an older set, Fresh Cuts, that allows for coloring and adding other colors into the card.  I first stamped the image in Black craft and then clear embossed.  The images on here were colored, roughly, with my SU! markers: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Old Olive.  Then I went over those images with the aquapainter to smooth and soften them.  There was still too much white showing, so I used the Crumb Cake ink pad and aquapainter and "aged" the white space.  And since I can't seem to stop when I'm ahead, I spritzed it with my Pacific Point marker.  Little darker than I wanted, but I still like how it turned out.

The Old Olive scalloped strip was a leftover on my table and just happened to fit on here!  Don't you love it when that happens??  The strip of dsp is from the Blueberry Crisp set.  I used the checked/grid pattern to pick up the "school" feel of the crayons!

To finish it off I used a 1/2" library clip and wrapped Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist 1/8" taffeta ribbon around it.  These clips are thick, so I used double dimensionals on the back panel!!  Will need to pad this well if I mail it!  And, to balance out the silver from the clip, I used the new SU! basic rhinestone jewels on the scallops.  Love those!!

If you have a minute, check out the UDI Blog and see what the other girls on the Inspiration team came up with!

Happy Stamping!!!

~~~Ann~~~